Unveil magic with this origami star book, featuring enameled covers. Handcrafted by Annie Fain Barralon and Barbara Joiner, the entire books opens into a stunning star. Annie Fain crafted the book, and Barbara the covers. A unique, decorative piece for any collection.

Material(s): Book board, folded pages, ribbon, bead, enameled cover (fused glass on copper)

Artist Name: Annie Fain Barralon and Barbara Joiner

Artist Bio: Annie Fain Barralon is a native of the crafts and music/dance community of Brasstown and the Folk School’s former Music & Dance Coordinator. She teaches a variety of classes at the school including book arts, clawhammer banjo, and several styles of dance: Appalachian clogging, English waltz clog, Northwest Morris, and Bal Folk (learned when she married into a French family). Annie Fain plays banjo and banjo uke for the all-woman string band, Blue Eyed Girl, and has danced with both Loafers Glory Clog Morris and the Green Grass Cloggers. She sells her handmade books, gift cards, and original watercolors regionally and is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild.

Barbara Joiner has taught clay and jewelry classes for over 40 years. She studied clay at the University of Illinois, silversmithing at Indiana University, and she has an MFA degree from Southern Illinois University. Barbara’s work is in many collections, including the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and has won numerous awards throughout the U.S. She is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and is the Folk School’s Resident Artist in Jewelry & Metals.

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